vintage 4 foot carved tiki head- any info? - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Nov 14, 2002 1:20 PM On 2002-11-13 21:15, bigbadtikidaddy wrote: Now I almost wish I didnt know. My guy seems a little more sad & incomplete, a mere fraction of the big weird tiki man he once was... Don't be sad, remember, this is urban archeology, you are in the posession of a rare FRAGMENT of an ancient Witco carving! I would darken and age the chipped parts, let them differ in tone though, and then mount it "modern" style on a black iron rod stuck in a square dark brown wood base. Then put a brass plaque on the base that has engraved on it: "Authentic head fragment of BIKU, by WITCO. ca. 1964" Voila! You have a gallery style artefact now! [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2002-11-14 21:06 ]

On 2002-11-13 21:15, bigbadtikidaddy wrote:

Now I almost wish I didnt know. My guy seems a little more sad & incomplete, a mere fraction of the big weird tiki man he once was...

Don't be sad, remember, this is urban archeology, you are in the posession of a rare FRAGMENT of an ancient Witco carving!

I would darken and age the chipped parts, let them differ in tone though, and then mount it "modern" style on a black iron rod stuck in a square dark brown wood base. Then put a brass plaque on the base that has engraved on it:
"Authentic head fragment of BIKU, by WITCO. ca. 1964"
Voila! You have a gallery style artefact now!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2002-11-14 21:06 ]

Post #13757 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Nov 14, 2002 1:20 PM